Body mass estimation in xenarthra: A predictive equation suitable for all quadrupedal terrestrial placentals?

2008 ◽  
Vol 269 (10) ◽  
pp. 1276-1293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno ◽  
Manuel Mendoza ◽  
Miquel De Renzi
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass ◽  
Predictive Equation ◽  
Mass Estimation ◽  
Body Mass Estimation

scholarly journals Validation of age-based body mass estimation methods in toddlers and pre-school children

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Karin Booysen ◽  
Johannes Marthinus Dippenaar ◽  
Francois Jacobus Smith
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass ◽  
School Children ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Mass Estimation ◽  
Body Mass Estimation

Body mass estimation in skeletal samples using the hybrid approach: the effect of population-specific variations and sexual dimorphism

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 833-847
Author(s):  
Vladimír Sládek ◽  
Jiří Macháček ◽  
Eliška Makajevová ◽  
Renáta Přichystalová ◽  
Martin Hora
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Mass Estimation ◽  
Body Mass Estimation ◽  
Skeletal Samples

scholarly journals First approach of the life history of Prolagus apricenicus (Ochotonidae, Lagomorpha) from Terre Rosse sites (Gargano, Italy) using body mass estimation and paleohistological analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 227-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blanca Moncunill-Solé ◽  
Guillem Orlandi-Oliveras ◽  
Xavier Jordana ◽  
Lorenzo Rook ◽  
Meike Köhler
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Mass Estimation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Body Mass Estimation

Body mass estimation in hominoids: Age and locomotor effects

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 36-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Loring Burgess ◽  
Shannon C. McFarlin ◽  
Antoine Mudakikwa ◽  
Michael R. Cranfield ◽  
Christopher B. Ruff
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass ◽  
Mass Estimation ◽  
Body Mass Estimation

scholarly journals Body mass estimation in hominins from humeral articular dimensions

2020 ◽  
Vol 173 (3) ◽  
pp. 480-499
Author(s):  
Christopher B. Ruff ◽  
Nicole Squyres ◽  
Juho‐Antti Junno
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass ◽  
Mass Estimation ◽  
Body Mass Estimation

The Body Sizes and Proportions of the Sunghir People

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Trinkaus ◽  
Alexandra P. Buzhilova ◽  
Maria B. Mednikova ◽  
Maria V. Dobrovolskaya
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Brain Size ◽  
Weight Bearing ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Proportions ◽  
Mass Estimation ◽  
Body Sizes ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Body Mass Estimation

Considerations of the body proportions and estimates of body mass and stature of the Sunghir people provide a general baseline for the assessment of a variety of aspects of their paleobiology. They also furnish some indications by themselves. Some of these aspects have been men­tioned with respect to sexual assessment of the adult remains (especially Sunghir 1 and 4; chapter 6), and methodological considerations have been addressed in part in chapter 5. What is presented here is a more detailed assessment of size in terms of body mass estimation and stature, and considerations of body proportions to the extent that they can be evaluated for Sunghir 1, 2 and 3. Body mass estimation was discussed in chapter 5, and it is done here exclusively using the dimension of the weight-bearing femoral articulations and/or metaphyses. It provides insights into trends in overall body size and health, but it is also central to the appropriate scaling of other aspects of morphology, from limb length and strength to brain size. Since the early comments of Boule (1911–1913) and Coon (1962), there has been a series of attempts to evaluate the body proportions (principally using limb segment lengths but also body breadth and trunk length) of Pleistocene humans as indications of both ecogeographical patterning among Late Pleistocene humans and possible reflections of their population dynamics (e.g., Trinkaus 1981, 2007; Walker and Leakey 1993; Ruff 1994; Holliday 1997a, 1997b, 2000, 2006a; Trinkaus and Zilhão 2002; Frelat 2007). The critical problem in assessing body proportions is to determine the independent variable. This must be done a priori, based on biological considerations. Stature estimation presents a variety of difficulties among Late Pleistocene humans, given variation in linear body proportions, but it can provide an indication of overall health, especially given the trends evident through the European Upper Paleolithic (Formicola and Giannecchini 1999; Holt and Formicola 2008). Assessments of body proportions depend in part on body mass estimation, and stature predictions depend on body proportions.

scholarly journals BODY-MASS ESTIMATION IN PALEONTOLOGY: A REVIEW OF VOLUMETRIC TECHNIQUES

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 133-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte A. Brassey
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
The Body ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Mass Estimation ◽  
Surface Laser ◽  
Body Mass Estimation ◽  
Future Work

AbstractBody mass is a key parameter for understanding the physiology, biomechanics, and ecology of an organism. Within paleontology, body mass is a fundamental prerequisite for many studies considering body-size evolution, survivorship patterns, and the occurrence of dwarfism and gigantism. The conventional method for estimating fossil body mass relies on allometric scaling relationships derived from skeletal metrics of extant taxa, but the recent application of three-dimensional imaging techniques to paleontology (e.g., surface laser scanning, computed tomography, and photogrammetry) has allowed for the rapid digitization of fossil specimens. Volumetric body-mass estimation methods based on whole articulated skeletons are therefore becoming increasingly popular. Volume-based approaches offer several advantages, including the ability to reconstruct body-mass distribution around the body, and their relative insensitivity to particularly robust or gracile elements, i.e., the so-called ‘one bone effect.’ Yet their application to the fossil record will always be limited by the paucity of well-preserved specimens. Furthermore, uncertainties with regards to skeletal articulation, body density, and soft-tissue distribution must be acknowledged and their effects quantified. Future work should focus on extant taxa to improve our understanding of body composition and increase confidence in volumetric model input parameters.

scholarly journals Reproducibility of MRI Dixon-Based Attenuation Correction in Combined PET/MR with Applications for Lean Body Mass Estimation

2016 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 1096-1101 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Rausch ◽  
P. Rust ◽  
M. D. DiFranco ◽  
M. Lassen ◽  
A. Stadlbauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lean Body Mass ◽  
Attenuation Correction ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Mass Estimation ◽  
Body Mass Estimation
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